avcheck-0.9.tgz

[Steve Bertrand]

> I ran a WINDOWS Mcafee VirusScan of the FreeBSD install disk (v 4.7)
> included w/ the book 'SAMS Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours' and it
> identified a file on the CD, avcheck-0.9.tgz' as a virus.
> 
> Can you provide any other information regarding this file?
> 

I'm almost certain that this file is a sample virus from within the
clamav anti-virus package. The file (I think) is one that is used after
the av is installed to ensure that the scanner is actually working.

Steve

> Thank you.
> 
> --rs
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